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SAAB – Alfa Romeo Hybrid Limousine

Saab-Alfa limousine

This is the actual SAAB – Alfa Romeo Hybrid Limousine James May used in the much loved Top Gear limo challenge feature.

Boasting a unique “double header” design so advanced that it never may be copied, the so-called “Alfaab” was created for the narrow city streets of the modern age whilst at the same time offering an interior that, by showing genuiune respect for the classical elements of its dual nationality (Swedish-Italian), manage to serve up something as uniquely and refreshingly Italo-Swedish as shpaghetti with herring on top.

"Alfaab" limo
“Alfaab” limo

Build your own Limo Challenge

This Special episode of the popular TV series was broadcast in 2007, this was Episode 2 from Series 9. Limousines always seem to be based on some sort of terrible American land yacht. But Why?

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Half Saab half Alfa Romeo limo
Half Saab half Alfa Romeo limo

Couldnt the basis for a limo actually be something more normally found on British roads (and, crucially, goin cheap on British used car lots). In this episode – Jeremy, Richard and James set about creating a new spin on the strech limousine and then used the results to take a trio of stars to the glittering Brit Awards.

Look at this interesting Top gear episode in two parts:

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Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

1 Comment

  • LOL I miss ‘proper’ Top Gear. The Grand Tour doesn’t quite fill the void on the same level

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